Device for indicating liquid measure.



0. L. PHILLIS. DEVIQE FOB. INDIOATING LIQUID MEASURE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1912.

Patented Sept. 17, 1912 WITNESSES.-

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To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, (immense L. Rename, a citizen of the UnitedStates ofAmerica, residing at Mount Lebanon in the county f Pennsylvania, haveinvented certain new and useful Imrovements in Devices for Indicatingiquid Measure, of which the following is a specification, referencebeing had therein to the accompanying drawing.

ates to a device for indicating liquid measure, and the (primary objectof m invention 1s to provi e a device for in icati'ng the number oftimes a faucet spigot or other outlet valve has been opened, therebyinsuring a correct record 0 the number of times iquid has been're movedfrom a tank or. othe'r receptacle.

Another object of this invention is to rovide an indicator adapted'to beactuated by theweight of a receptacle suspended from a fulcrumed leverof thedevice, the lever, be

ing arranged whereby a bucket or; receptacle can be placed beneath thespigot, faucet or valve '0 a tank.

- I accomplish theabove objects by a devieethat has been particularlydesignedfor large oil tanks carried by wagons and'from which the oil isremoved by using largebuckets of a prescribed puantity. In transferringo l from a porta theoil to,keep arr account of the number of bucketsofoil, removedv solely by memory,

and due'i to interruptions inaccuracies occur whereby a consumer 1soften charged with l one or two buckets more-or less than entitled 'to.The device which'I have designed rei in like numerals designatecorresponding parts throughout the several views, in p which Figure 1 isa plan of the device as applied to a faucet. Fig. 2 is a front elevationof a detached device; 3 is a longitudinal sectional view of the same,Fig. 4 is a cross sectional view of the device, and Fig. 5 isApplication filed January 27, 1am. serial steam e tank to a stationarytanh-gitjis'the practice of the vendor of 24; can be detachable andSpecification of Letters Patent. I Patented 17, 1912.

an elevation of a detached actuating member. I a I The reference numeral1 denotes" a faucet,

spigot or other outlet valve having an 0 orhaseen employed heretoforefor supportm' thebailf of a receptacle, as an o l can. I e faucet 1"hasth'e spout 4-thereof' 'pro v1ded with an apertured extension 5' anddetachably mounted, in said extension is the: depending arm 6 oi-a flatcasing 7 havingated, as at 10,

Pivotall bolt 11 a a nut 12 is alever 1'3; and" jivotallyconneeted'to'the shortarm 14 of said lever 'by'a rivet -,14'.';is; thelug 15 of a curved holder'lfi. the promotion-r3 .andis adapted t 'suport ,2 the all ofia r'eoeptacle instead of sai proijection, saidpromotion limiting the n1ovement of theholden lagheuon arm' of the lever1?, extends into'the casin 7; as at 1-7, Pivotally connected I to the biof the lever 13 by apin 18 isthe up r end 19 of an hrshaped ".actuatine'm eE-PQOI This member has the 1011 ,steni" ereof providedwith a tooth21 a apted -\to engage aratchetwheel 22 mounted'npon; a'shaft '23revolubly mountedbetweenthe' dial 9 and the rearwall 24ofthe casingMounted upon the shaft 23 isia small gear; wheel 25 meshing with a largegearl wheel 26 mounted upon an indicator Shaft, 27jou1na1din the dial 9and the rear wall 24 of thegcasing. The member 20 spans the shaft27,'andfsa1d shaft has the outer end thereof provided with an indicatoror pointer 28 adapted to designate the graduations-upon the. d git).

In order that the parts of the indicator can be assembled, the dial 9 orthe said parts secured one side of the casing, said dial beinggradumeans 29.

the shaft 23 is rotated through the medium of the ratchet wheel 22, saidshaft. 1m artby moving the indicator or pointer 28, which designatesupon the dial 9 ing a rotary movement to the shaft 2'1, t erethe numberof.

atin handle 2, and a projection 3, w ich,

.6 5 a circular port-ion 8tjpresenting a dial 9 upon-V connected thearmiffi by a This hbldcr'lils positionedabove rear Wall I togetherbyrivetsor other: fastening When the hail of an oilcan or other "re- ,100;

ceptacle is placed upon the holder-16, the

times the receptacle has been placed on the holder 16. The indicator canbe restored to its normal position by rotating the shaft 27 through themedium of the indicator or ointer 28.

The indicator in its entirety can be'made of light and durable metal andused in connection with beer faucets, spigots' and the outlet valves ofvarious kinds of liquids.

What I claim is l. lhe combination with a faucet, of an arm detachablyconnected thereto, a casing carried by said arm, a lever pivotallyconnected to said arm and ext-ending into the casing, a pivoted curvedholder carried by the outer end of said lever and adapted to support areceptacle beneath the-end of said faucet, and an indicating mechanismcarried by said casing and adapted to be actuated by said lever toindicate the number of times said receptacle is placed upon said holder.

2. In an indicator, the combination with a faucet, of an arm detachablyconnected thereto, a casing carried by said arm, a lever pivotallymounted upon said arm and extending into said casing, a pivoted holdercarried by the outer end of said arm and adapted to support a receptaclebeneath said faucet, an h shaped actuating member pivotally supported bysaid lever Within said casing, and an indicating mechanism carricd'bysaid casing and adapted to be actuated by said member to indicate thenumber of times the receptacle is suspended ber 'of times thereceptacleisiplaced'lfioo nggs aid holderl i p M 3. An indicator of thetype comprising an arm, casing carried them; by, a lever pivotally cennected to s fid arm and extending into said casingf, ia lio ldr: 40pivotally carried by said holder-arid adap ,5 ed to support areceptacle, an h shaped ami tuating member carriedeby saidlever ii'itin" said casing, and an indicatorshaftgadap'ted to be operated by saidmember, substantially as described. a

4:. An indicator of the type described comprising an arm, a casinearried there-p by, a lever pivotally connectedioSaid arm andextendinginto said casing, a pivoted fvo' holder carried by saidleverandad-apted' to support a receptacle, an h shaped actnating membercarried by said lever "within said casing, a ratchet \WhOGl adapted tobe actuated bysaid member, an indicator shaft adapted to berotatedthrough the medium of said ratchet Wheel, andnn jpdicator orpointer carried'by said shaft cxt'eriorly of said casing and adapted toindicate the numfrom saidholder, substantial y as des cribed. Intestimony whereof I aflix my signature in the presence of twdwitnesses.

CLARENCE L. PHILLIS. lVitnesses:

' MAX H. SnoLovrrz,

CHRISTINA T. Hoon.

